[000:00:00;00] ah ah, russia says its forces have killed hundreds of foreign mercenaries and destroyed multiple ukrainian military assets inside the danielle people's republic. the decisive battle for control of the area in full suite. while in the neighboring luc ganske people's republic, our correspondent joins of russian combat patrol. it's mopping up hostile resistance from ukrainian troops dressed as civilians, the recently recaptured the city of lease to chance with control that we will we the now pulling,

pull back up. this whole install potential haul stuck in the book with building and he just took a short, many ukrainian soldiers who were left behind have now changed into civilian clothes . plus oil prices are on the rise in the wake of jo biden's, much hyped, but ultimately lack luster trip to the middle east with saudi arabia saying it will not jeopardize its relations with china in favor of throwing the u. s. a. financial life, one and 3 long as acting president slams western sanctions against russia, saying they are only bringing 3rd world countries like the impoverished south asian nation to their ne, with hello, they're here watching our to international. i'm your host donald corridor. welcome to the program. now, up to 254 and mercenaries have been killed in russia's latest strikes on ukrainian military strike as sites inside the dynastic people's republic. that's according to

russia's ministry of defense. here. some of the latest footage released by moscow showing multiple rocket launches against targets in the combat zone. defense ministry also says it's forces have destroyed ukrainian nationalist formations in the countries sher costco region, as well as multiple military assets. inside, done, boss says russian lead troops press on with their advance. however, some areas in the dynamic people's republic are still coming under relentless shelling by ukrainian forces. the. this footage was released by the mayor of the city of gorda las in the people's republic showing what local officials have described as ukrainian artillery, showing of a residential neighborhood. several houses and a cafe were reportedly damaged in that attack in the neighboring lugens people's republic. russian forces are restoring order in the key city of lucy. chance capture recently taking the area our senior corresponded more. i gas. do you have joined some of the troops on patrol there as they encountered armed resistance from

hostile stragglers. yes, susan. well you know, yeah. really, what's the bus with control that we were with now calling for back up there as a hostile potential, hostile in an apartment building and he just took a short but please control the problem is that many ukrainian soldiers who deserted maria were left behind or who were left behind, have now changed into civilian clothes and a hiding in the apartments that they have broken into 0. can i show up on when you, who do i get a hold of bob? done with weaver, now been asked to leave all rather escorted away from the area. the display special operation on the way reinforcements of arrived. they're going to sweep the building

a high, high rise 9th floor apartment building floor by floor apartment by apartment alluded to catch this person who fulfilled a 3rd day that has been taking pot shots with rolling through every day. more ukrainian desert is and stragglers of found some come in peacefully, others play, hide and seek. why did you decide to change him to civilian clothes and abandoned new military units? there was no sense in going anywhere. it's either a bulletin. it had or a criminal charge. i'm a local so i decided to say that so you felt it was futile to continue to fight us indeed. and we were constantly retreating. where should we go to next? to europe for michelle, why didn't you try to leave the army earlier? yeah,

thank you. so if we left would be shot by our own forces. what every captured ukrainian soldier has confirmed is that morale amongst their forces was disastrous. ukrainian true was felt abandoned, but they felt like cabin fog and they didn't like it at all. well, look, the morale in my units was very low as we were constantly retreating and didn't have enough ammunition. the commander stay far from the front and came out only to purge. i saw that personally. well, i was in the city with every day the city's commandant tells us chaos and lawlessness. rashid order strengthens but there is a long way to go. yet it is one thing to end, the violence and the crime and the looting and the parley. another convinced the public that they won't come back. or i'd guys d of our tea firmly. she chance lugens people's republic.

oil prices are on the rise following jo biden's trip to the middle east where he failed to secure more accessible oil imports for the u. s. market artie's caleb shop and explains how the anticipated tor ended with biden's taking flak on the homefront. now, many americans were hoping that by going to saudi arabia, the u. s. president could convince the country to increase oil output and thus dropped the price. however, that has clearly not resulted gas. prices remain high, and oil output from saudi arabia remained pretty much the same deported to note that the crown prince of saudi arabia mohammed ben, solomon and joe biden exchanged a fist bomb the new york times reporter referred to it as a chilly fist box. now many in the press are noting that this seems to be quite ironic as joe biden did promise to make saudi arabia a pariah state in the aftermath of the killing of jamal ca, shoji. and while he was running for president. so it seems like joe biden is now

fist bumping with a government that he claimed he was going to make a pariah. in addition to that, the foreign minister cited the crown prince and responding to how they felt about joe biden, challenging them around the issue of jamal shoji. it has not worked when the us tried to impose values on afghanistan and iraq. in fact, it backfired. it does not work when people try to impose values by force on other countries. the american people are not happy as the gas prices haven't gone down. the press is criticizing biden for fis bumping where the government wants promise to make a pariah. and on top of that, the saudis themselves do not appreciate joe biden, challenging them on the killing of jamal shoji. so overall, the trip is not a success, so the buyer and ministration stated lease. also while on his visit to saudi arabia abide and tried to assert us leadership in the region, noting that washington will not leave a vacuum to be filled by moscow or beijing. but saudi arabia's top diplomat says, re,

adds relations with the u. s. and china are not mutually exclusive. we want to be able to deal with everybody in china is our largest trading partner. we build bridges with people. we don't see one s exclusive of the other indian foreign service veteran m. k. badger. cool mar. says washington's latest attempt to drive its rivals away from the middle east. are too little, too late. you're kind of doing that. that's why didn't you have the policy was the big track as in the 980 to bring down the places to an extent to cut in russia or they didn't know that we know was that it can be final please. so we didn't know that that he was attempting by getting the so you got to make up the i think miserably said that this is,

this is probably going to great this because i think the naturally of this would be that it's not dying before. so that it starts grading, its oil, which i know is due on and we already have to be purchasing from russia and any addition to that. so we can be reached in big point from russia. in other words, it's what brings us we should see in the middle a policy for them in the fall we should be listed by the nations and to be better for you. so the

missing in the aftermath of biden's controversial trip to the middle east. toronto has slammed his policy in the region, accusing the u. s. of spreading around a phobic sentiments. the u. s. is once more trying to create tensions and crises across the region through relying on the failed policy of iran, a phobia, a joint statement released after biden's trip to israel emphasized the us led the efforts to prevent iran from building a nuclear weapon. biden has asserted that the u. s. could use military force against iran as a quote, last resort. earlier this week around president promised a harsh response to any escalation by washington or its allies, political analyst and researcher christopher holly says the us and israel see a ran as a geopolitical threat. iran in 79 after the overthrow of the show. they don't want to listen to washington, they wanted to have their own foreign policy. they were, they are very much for a different type of world order. and so you, what you see now is that iran is interested to join russia,

china and other countries to really build that. and that ultimately threatens wall street in c, u. s. a military hegemony. and it is nato's overarching, a global dominance. so it's, it's very much a nerve wracking for the elite in washington and in the new york city, in brussels, in vienna and geneva. and the sad part is that the bite and shipped to the middle east. the 1st one in this presidency was marked by a strong and t iran sentiment, and that was both in israel and also in saudi arabia. and we have to realize that this is jerusalem declaration that bite and signed with the israeli authorities are either really, it really is quite shocking because they're still leaving this military option, the table and the really they have you run as a target. and so i think a very, very much that this is a dangerous situation, and the iranian government is correct. if you run to phobic,

they are spreading it all over the region. ah, you countries need to be on the same page when it comes to foreign policy. that's according to germany's chancellor who stressed the importance of unity within the european block. we simply can no longer afford national vetoes, for example, in foreign policy. if we want to continue to be heard in a world of competing great powers, the german leaders plea comes in the wake of a hungarian veto on a ban on russian oil imports. you sanctions require the approval of all 27 members of the block earlier european commission, president or slot bonder land called for a qualified majority voting system to prevent certain countries from blocking decisions. but german attorney and law professor andre thomas house and believes that scrapping the current voting procedure will only lead to further divisions within you. i think both charleston on the line we used to be called all brush or lack a little bit of knowledge of history. the success of the you, the,

the magic formula that allow the you to become strong and successful was that the voting is weighted in the council is a very complex voting procedure. and, and by and to fiddle with it to change it will, will strengthen the trend towards fragmentation and europe that will all that already seek. this will encourage for the brackets for the exits from european union. if you force countries like hungry or poland against their will to, to be expected to sacrifice their sovereignty. this is not possible. so europe is going to face an enormous stress which will strain relations between the european union member states. but it will also jeopardize the, the, the good continuation of the governments that on place in europe, the tenant government has just fallen. the british government does just fallen and

i think germany will be next. western sanctions against russia are only bringing suffering to 3rd world countries like sri lanka, that's according to the impoverished nations interim president. speaking at an international forum for preventing hunger and famine. let us look at the sanctions that are being impose and ask ourselves, is this nancy? it is sanction being russia leads me, is the sal sharon, been russia, believe me, but in the ring, the rest of the 3rd world with denise, meanwhile, is for long as government has imposed fuel rationing in the latest attempt to bring to countries, economic turmoil under control that says people queue up for hours or even days to fill up at petrol stations. sherlock, his energy minister has even urged residence, not to wait in vain saying there are only limited supplies that will be handed out throughout this week. the country has been reeling from

a profound crisis that has left it unable to import sufficient amounts of essential goods including fuel. some people have even been observed fighting over gasoline, as many residents are faced with the hard choice. having to buy fuel or food or g corresponded runjun sharma explains how sri lankan are coping with the crisis. a shortage of fuel in a bankrupt country has led to prizes of all commodities including rice, wheat, fruits and vegetables. going to the roof with inflation at more than 50 percent. the prices are burning a hole in the buckets of she lumpkins. ordinarily this market would be buzzing with people at these hollow, but now with the prices of basics going up drastically, things have changed. something like a banana, see, for example, is also become a luxury for many, it's very expensive. come back to the full months ago. we don't consume fruits like

those days. we just get this inch asa beep with money. this is robin whipping, so i'm not normally like the moment. the island nation is running out to foreign currency deserves to import essential items and its impact is hitting hot. lucas now counting on the changing political landscape of the country to reshape their economic future. despite gustavo roger, buck shells resignation, protests continue in sri lanka. it's d 100 and the crowd chance have gone from. gotta go back to ronald, go back. why people still hillary? i'm not at home. you me ask, not far from the demonstrations is be to sons lean in while what day in these small alleys. we still buy a house. it's around 7 in the evening and regina has just started making dinner. she has to feed a family of 6, including her 2 children with no gas. she was

a scare us into cook her. she has just about finished cooking and as been a baba got. she how family are going to eat the meal? incomplete darkness, just like more states, the power won't come back for the next 5 hours or so. although the cuts have gotten better from a month ago, but it's still a daily affair by dwelling on and good up ready into her. only able to give all children milk once a day dumped on 3 times previously because men powder is now too expensive. we'll try to feed our children 3 times a day, but we can barely manage to do it more than once or twice. we counted and gab basic madison fall, children, there are no on to buy out except local pharmacies or even at hospitals. routine, east tory is not just her story. it is the story of many of the 22000000 people in the country. and unlike the daily bava cut outs, their plight will last much longer than

a few hours. with no telling when things will improve ruins. sharma in colombo, 40, moving over to france, more than a 100 refugees and social workers gathered outside a reception center for ukrainians, and parents demanding equal rights for migrants from other countries while accusing french authorities of favoring white asylum seekers was old. yet there is a whole group of migrants who come here from various countries to denounce the existing differences in treatment. there are only 30 ukrainians inside. the rest of the facility is empty. the question is, why, and we know the answer. it's the racism of the state which leads to other people having to go stay on the streets. he often like them. we demand the same rights as ukrainians, neither more nor less housing and paperwork. some people come here from many countries of several nationalities, from sudan to eritrea, to afghan as dan. and we all form a collective of people who fight for equality and against racism. and that means obtaining housing and documents for everyone, no matter the color of their skin or their nationality for them. okay,

good. every udall for people, they're good. give a close to him. not to all 3. go on all dog. gone as a not to another thing, a multitude on not another one. we'll have also like him problem. the protesters also say refugees fleeing from africa or risking their lives, travelling through the mediterranean sea and often fall prey to human traffickers. while those who do make it only and up facing discrimination and a denial of basic rights in europe earlier this month, african refugees already cried foul over what they called double standards by french authorities. in dealing with migrants migration and society studies, professor lauren land out says francis failing to redeem itself from its colonial past. i think what we're seeing is lingering forms of, of both racism and islam of phobia. so many of my friends come from africa,

of course are black also, many of them i'm wisdom. similarly, those coming from afghanistan or elsewhere in the middle east. part of the embrace of new grania and has to do with their race also has to do with their religion. one of the things that we need to do is really look at a migration system that doesn't rely on people applying for them, but facilitates the movement of people more easily across. ready orders, many of the africans who are coming are being some mean economic hardship, some pre political hardship. they've had time, they've planned to come if there were legal ways for them to come. we wouldn't have these issues. well, i think it's unclear what the french government will do. they're now new, the divided between the president and the parliament. there is widespread xenophobia within frank, but i think there are also people in france who want to see the country be more humane, more equitable, and with the new political allegiances and alignment there, it's unclear what direction they're going to go. i do think it's very unlikely,

however, that france, which refuses to even recognize race as a category within politics, is going to do much to address racism. head on political uncertainty has increased in pakistan as violent. clashes reportedly erupt between members of opposing groups after local elections, which saw the former prime minister in ron cons, party, when in the country's most populous region, the group gained a majority of 20 seats and the poor job assembly vote is seen as an indicator for next year's national election. the movement for justice is one of the country's major parties and is led by former premier iran con election. victory comes as the nation deals with a dire economic situation caused by the highest inflation. in 13 years, iran con is now calling for fair and free early elections in pakistan and says any other path would only lead to greater political instability and economic chaos for the country. earlier this year he was ousted after the federal parliament issued

a no confidence vote con, accused the u. s. for inciting a conspiracy against him and his own government. washington has denied these accusations, but geopolitical analyst has some awesome shod, says the election results indicate pakistani societies power to determine their own future. so it's come back us to see in those terms. it's unprecedented. it's unique, it's significant. it's transformative and it sends a clear signal to the powers that be in buckets. that the bible study society is not going to accept dynastic politics and they are going to be determining the future. so lead to their own initiative behind every event. there is a, there is a reason there is a cause and it gives me a significant no reason to believe that iran also was definitely the result of some sort of displeasure that the u. s. had with them ron hahn and i believe that one of those reasons would be his statement made last year,

i believe in june when he said in response to a question where the body son would give it basis or overflight rights to the u. s . and he categorically said no, and that became the famous absolutely not a statement that he has been using to really is support based and by the u. s. government funded a company that advised facebook on which accounts to sensor and delete on the network. that's according to a new report which has shed more light on washington's meddling and social media, as ortiz, rachel blevins reports. it is no secret the social media networks like facebook and twitter have spent the last few years targeting accounts. they claim are guilty of spreading dis information, but when it comes to which accounts are removed and of course, what is considered false information. the question then turns to who is influencing those decisions? and that was certainly the case when facebook deleted dozens of

a counseling to the opposition and sudan last year. as the countries military sees power from the us back transitional government, we removed 53 facebook accounts, 51 pages, 3 groups and 18 instagram accounts in sudan that targeted domestic audiences. and were linked to individuals in sudan including those associated with the future movement for reform and development, a political party. and sir dan, we found this network after reviewing information about some of its activity shared by researchers at valence projects. facebook gave the credit to valan projects, a company that describes its mission as investigating dis, information, and supporting newly formed governments to help them survive. it's work is being made possible by donors that include the u. s. agency for international development . an organization previously used by washington to try and cite regime change in countries like cuba. in fact, according to leak documents obtained and reported by ment, press news. valan projects received $1200000.00 from

u. s. a. id for its efforts to counter dis information. washington has a special interest in sudan as the country's leadership had been the subject of the agencies office of transition initiatives following a government over throw in 2019 following months of a nation wide non violent movement. the establishment of a civilian lead transitional government in august 2019 represented a historic democratic transformation and an opportunity to further u. s. interests in sudan in the region also prevail and projects itself. it's worth noting that the company's founder and direct for a meal con is a former reuters and b b. c reporter that you check out his linkedin profile. he has a gap of around 10 years, during which time you went to work for the british government, providing information support for the armed opposition in syria. after leaving journalism, he has worked primarily for the british government as an advisor and consultant in asia in the middle east. since 2013 a meal has been primarily focused on syria,

providing political and media support to opposition, political and military groups fighting the regime and extremist organizations including iso and al qaeda khan is now involved in information campaigns on the home front with the link documents revealing that his company provided a 2 stage plan for tackling anti vaccine sentiment in the u. k, which included the collection of public data. they worked alongside the royal institution. that's an organization where prince charles of the patron and queen elizabeth cousin, the duke of kent is the president. now, as for the message that was delivered by this campaign, they reportedly worked with a prominent youtube or with the goal of convincing the public to support getting the jap, the findings will be used to devise a campaign that utilizes youtube are abigail thorne's existing platform to achieve a measurable cognitive shift in the target audience. this will be achieved by incorporating a defined thought driven action as the outcome of the approach. and it doesn't stop there from facebook. hiring

a former nato press officer to lead its global intelligence strategy to twitter, hiring dozens of former f b. i. agents, and recent gears to handle everything from crisis management to information integrity. the same social media platforms that have been known to profit off of. 6 and miss handling her data. c are continuing to increase their ties with the u. s. intelligence community. but the fact is slipping under the radar while they're busy . 3 targeting so called dis information that doesn't pander to their agenda a trial after a conviction, that's what r t has called a new statement from british media regulator off. com, which has accused our outlet of failing to deliver impartiality. the watchdog has even threatened new sanctions against our tea, despite the fact that it already revoked our u. k. license 4 months ago. the logic of these decisions mirrors to one guiding their delivery many months after off comes revocation of our cheese license. it is

a trial after conviction, and r t is guilty of being russian and daring to voice a point of view and show facts unacceptable to the british political and media establishments. archie is not the only media outlet hit by sanctions, a russian news or the russian news agency. sputnik is also in the blacklist across the you. earlier the european commission president proposed banning 3 other russian broadcasters. while in may, us announced it would stop providing broadcast equipment and technologies for russian state own channels. international editor at the morning, star newspaper steve sweeney considers the move by off common attempt to control the narrative in the u. k. this is in reality, this is state sponsored censorship on at all was unprecedented scale. this is the sign of a weak government. this is a government afraid of the truth and it's afraid of losing control of the narrative . the news is coming out of the region from the mainstream. western price isn't really reflecting the reality on the ground. i myself a being inside ukraine,

and i can tell you from 1st experience that the brit what's being relate to the british public in tune with what's happening. i was a cause threatened and when i was inside the country, i was threatened with execution. and there are other journalists, like even a canadian journalist who is also paid on the government list. i'm not sure how they're going to proceed with it. and how are they going to impose any sanctions, or any fines seeing as being or they can't accept any payment in rubles, a comp broadcast on another channel. so, you know where we go from here is very ok, the use of sanctions to control the media. narrative is an absolute clump down on press freedom. and we've seen this time and time again from the government, which insisted it, you know, that it stands up for the truth. but they, they're, you know, they're essentially the truth. that's all for this hour. thanks for watching our t international. we hope to see you again soon,

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